Versmold
Sign in to saveVersmold (; ) is a town in Gütersloh District in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located some 30 km west of Bielefeld.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Versmold Kirche 2005-07-12.JPG
- German location.image_caption
- St. Petri Church in Versmold
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge der Stadt Versmold.svg
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen der Stadt Versmold.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Versmold in GT.svg
- German location.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German location.region
- Detmold
- German location.district
- Gütersloh
- German location.elevation
- 70
- German location.area
- 85.57
- German location.postal_code
- 33775
- German location.area_code
- 0 54 23
- German location.licence
- GT
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 7 54 048
- German location.divisions
- 6
- German location.website
- www.versmold.de
- German location.mayor
- Michael Meyer-Hermann
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- Communities forming the town
- Local Newspapers
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Versmold (; ) is a town in Gütersloh District in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located some 30 km west of Bielefeld.
== History == In 1096 Versmold was first mentioned in a document, and is thus one of the oldest known settlements in the region. The name "-mold" alludes to "melle", "mal" a location of a court.